Widespread red flag warnings are in effect across Northern California because of dry lightning strikes
is likely overnight in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, the National Weather Service said.
A plume of moisture fueling the storms can be traced to Tropical Storm Fausto in the Pacific southwest of Baja California.excessive heat warnings and heat advisoriesBy late Sunday morning, isolated showers and thunderstorms were shifting northward, but another — possibly wetter — round of thunderstorms was expected, peaking in the overnight hours and into Monday morning, the weather service said.
The lightning sparked dozens of fires in the northern, eastern and southern parts of the Bay Area and and the Santa Cruz Mountains down to Monterey. Rain was mostly light, but there were numerous reports of gusty winds in excess of 50 mph and wind damage, according to the weather service. Las Trampas, in the hills in the eastern portion of the Bay Area, reported a gust to 75 mph. Small hail also was reported in some locations.
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